Hurricanes

Hurricanes can cause catastrophic damage, with hazards that manifest in many forms, including storm surges, heavy rainfall, high winds, tornadoes, rip currents, and flooding. Here you’ll find a “starter list” of tools and open data that can support communities in the event of a hurricane. If there are additional free tools or open data that can be shared, please email us at disastertech@ostp.gov.

Featured Data

Past East Pacific Storm Tracks Historical hurricane weather data with information about named and unnamed Eastern Pacific Ocean tropical storms and hurricanes from 1949 to 2006.
Past Atlantic Storm Tracks Historical hurricane weather data with information about named and unnamed Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes from 1951 to 2006.
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Tools

Appallicious

The Disaster Assistance and Assessment Dashboard (DAAD) from Appallicious visualizes nearby environmental hazards, and allows local government to identify community resources to aid in recovery. For a product demo, email info@appallicious.com.
Yammer

Yammer Survivor Network hosts private, online community spaces to serve as connection points and support networks for survivors and responders as they recover and rebuild.
NGA

GeoQ crowdsources geo-tagged photos of disaster-affected areas to assess damage over large regions. Programmers can use the existing services and add features to customize the GeoQ code for their own community. GeoQ can be downloaded from http://github.com/ngageoint.
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Get Involved

Our first featured Innovator Challenge tackles a pressing issue related to hurricanes: fatalities from flooding. Read more about new opportunities and ways to get involved here. Additional Challenge Statements where innovations in technology can be applied to help in the case of a hurricane are welcome by email to disastertech@ostp.gov.